New York designer Sheila Bridges has a flair for creating highly original spaces and was recognized by the late and lamented Domino magazine (ciaò bella), back in 2007, with a feature on her country home.
The Bridges kitchen has several unique features, chief among them the “Harlem Toile de Jouy” wallpaper, a modernized print of her [...]

With mimosa designated as “color of the year” and catalogs arriving with yellow décor on the covers, it’s only natural to take a closer look at the way a bright mottled yellow is used in this kitchen by designer Linda Applewhite. Usually, color is defined by cabinets. Here, the big effect comes from using it [...]

The vintage feel of this yellow-walled kitchen bespeaks a European cottage — from the well-worn pine buffet with wooden knobs and gallery rail to a teal-blue upper cabinet that looks like the leftover part from a cut-down bead board hutch. While it may lack modern appliances (note the old oven set into the wall below [...]

Transitional is often used to describe a room that combines traditional and modern elements. In this yellow Signature kitchen, the short run of nut-brown wood cabinets under the sink windows strikes a conservative note while the full-wall back splash of 4 x 4 glazed white diagonal tiles sends a modern message. The style of the [...]

This yellow kitchen creates an old-world furniture look with a hutch like cabinet Siematic Clermont combo on the sink wall, footed base cabinets (no toe kick) and a farm sink set into a wood countertop that arcs up behind the faucet to create an integral backsplash. The English-style island is designed as a freestanding workbench. [...]

Yellow and white brocade-pattern wallpaper, used like paint, covers the walls and becomes an accent feature behind the open glassware storage shelves with Victorian bracket unit next to the pro-style range. The shelves have no back, which lets the wallpaper color shine through. Butter-yellow cabinets work as well as white for this cottage-kissed look. [...]

A yellow and white checkered mosaic ceiling gives way to a six-color glazed 4 x 4 –inch checkerboard tile back splash behind the range. Both coordinate with vivid yellow French Pyrolav countertops; even the Dualit toaster matches. The custom chrome ceiling-mounted pot rack hangs over the island. The under mounted sink boasts a handsome, satin-finish [...]

The lemon yellow, white and gray scheme yields a vaguely vintage feel. It also shows how the reverse of the more typical color usage for cabinets — white on the island and yellow on the perimeter — can have a dramatic effect. The kitchen also presents space above upper cabinets that’s used [...]

This is truly a collector’s kitchen since yellow walls and creamy white cabinets form the backdrop for the owner’s collection of lavender transfer ware china. Since yellow and purple are opposites on the color wheel, they complement each other, plus the china background is white. The 3 colors are skillfully worked here, using traditional [...]

Yellow cabinets blend well with a black and white antique enamel gas range. Black slate counter tops make a logical accent. An under mounted farm sink and satin-finish bridge faucet (with gooseneck spout, offset legs and lever handles) add to the period look of the kitchen which was dictated by the elaborate ceiling moldings. It’s [...]

In this east-facing renovated kitchen, the window over the sink was enlarged to let in more morning sun and upper cabinets were eliminated. A European-style, counter-to-ceiling Ann Sacks Sur La Mer tile backsplash was installed on two walls. Plain & Fancy cabinets in lemon chiffon have Shaker style doors and painted knobs.  While the basic [...]

Black and yellow is an unusual but striking kitchen scheme, especially when an expanse of black, glazed tile sits behind a smoke-colored range. One of the twin Mediterranean yellow work tables has a marble top while the other is covered by wood, which helps organize the work. Both the pantry cabinet to the left of [...]